CN1145150A

CN1145150A - Telecommunications network usage charges

Info

Publication number: CN1145150A
Application number: CN95192399A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 安东尼·史蒂文·布朗
Original assignee: British Telecommunications PLC
Current assignee: British Telecommunications PLC
Priority date: 1994-03-02
Filing date: 1995-03-02
Publication date: 1997-03-12
Anticipated expiration: 2015-03-02
Also published as: JP4519872B2; CN1222151C; DE69510535T2; JPH09509805A; HK1013556A1; JP2007209019A; EP0748558A1; NZ281301A; AU1820095A; EP0748558B1; DK0748558T3; SG43099A1; US5987107A; JP4259609B2; AU682935B2; CA2184190A1; ES2132643T3; CA2184190C; DE69510535D1; WO1995024094A1

Abstract

Charging details are produced for customers in response to their use of telecommunications services. Details of call items for a customer are compiled and a plurality of call types (73, 75, 77) are defined. Each call item is identified as belonging to one of these call types and a notional charge is calculated for each item. Notional charges for each item are accumulated and call categories are defined, wherein at least one of said call categories has a discount rate associated therewith. Accumulated call type values are then mapped onto category accumulators in response to customer reference data.

Description

Telecommunications network uses charge

The present invention relates to have the employed type of establishment calling project detailed catalogue, the client is used the telecommunication service charge and the method and apparatus of generation charge detailed catalogue.

Most of telecommunication services are provided by public switch telephone network (PSTN), and wherein Shou Fei elementary cell is to derive from the actual use of network.Thereby addressable literal other client on the network of being connected who goes up in 1,000,000 of client, but except the fixed fee of appropriateness only sets up when communicating by letter client and another client on being connected network and just charges.

When determining the expense of the once calling of exchange, the factor that can influence charge has the geographical position of (a) called party client, and (b) duration reaches the mode of calling out of (c) setting up.Specifically, lower than the call charge that connects by manual operator usually with the calling of dial-in direct method foundation.

In traditional charging environment, it is relative process intuitively with device that development converts these parameters to system that reality can the charging amount.Thereby the local exchange of stored information is collected after whole necessary informations when calling out, and just this information can be submitted to a process, produces charge thus automatically and assigns bill with increasingly automated with efficient way.

At first, when hope to the actual use with network change into can the valuation amount mode when making amendment, can have problems.Especially have more competitiveness along with telecommunication environment becomes, and wish the market instrument that utilization is more perfect, so that can be in the competition forward position and make income maximum from customer basis, and customer basis itself is astute day by day.

The second, obtained technological progress has increased the diversity of available type of call, charges to another phone account such as the calling that new switching system might use rate card or similarly record keeping process to allow to make on a phone.In addition, rate card also can be used to the client in first country is connected with the client in second country, and in fact bill then gives the client that starts in the 3rd country.

The 3rd, because external charged or legislation constraint also can have problems, such as having changed value-added tax or being added in similar tax revenue on the telephone charges.

Will be understood that only both to make, also be desirable to provide a kind of more perfect system the charge of the use in the telecommunications network in order to consider finance and limitation of the technology with minimum strength.Yet, though many asking that is associated at this type variation that overcomes and just occurring makes progress, also wish to utilize whole advantages of this system, so that can be quick with efficiently, the most convenient for walking in the rival front, use new market instrument, reduce simultaneously and in system, introduce wrong danger.

Particularly advantageous a kind of market instrument is the instrument to the calling discount offered of specific type.Along with the appearance of the new market opportunity, it is favourable can adding new discount scheme easily, for example encourages to increase network at non-peak period and uses.In addition, except these business are provided, also be necessary to provide the mechanism that makes the client can utilize these new business selectively.Thereby, along with the adding of perfect discount scheme, such situation can appear, promptly use data for one group of given calling, will depend on the whether signatory business of using particular type of this client to a client's actual record keeping quantity.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the method that the calling project that produces is produced the charge detailed catalogue in the use of the telecommunication service of the above-mentioned type to client's charge is provided, it is characterized in that defining multiple type of call; Identification belongs to each described calling project of one of described type of call; Calculate the name charge of the project of respectively calling out; The described name charge of each type of call of accumulative total in the type of call accumulator; The definition type of call, at least a in the wherein said type of call have a with it related discount rate; The accumulative total name charge that will be stored in the described type of call accumulator according to client's exclusive data is mapped in the classification accumulator.

Thereby, the invention provides the charge accumulative total of carrying out for each respective call type.These type of calls depend on the physical environment that telecommunications network provides, and can increase new type of call along with development of technology.For every kind of type of call, charge adds up to the name of its particular call type.Consider the discount options by the definition type of call.Thereby, the nominal project charge of one or more accumulative totals can be mapped on a kind of type of call, defined as client's exclusive data.After this, can carry out discount according to the value that offers the classification accumulator calculates.

In a preferred embodiment, the mode that the calling project label is called out, the charge scope and the duration of calling.Be to belong to a kind of specific type of call with calling out relevant data and distributing a type of call identification number to give it and projects are identified preferably by analyzing it.

In a preferred embodiment, client's exclusive data of each client reflects one group of available professional clause and condition, and they can be designated client's options, and corresponding table is then selected according to the selected business of client (being selected options).

The present invention has made things convenient for definition to call out the employing of the options of circle.Thereby,, call out the circle classification for one discount carried out in the call of being carried out on one group of predetermined phone numbers according to preferred embodiment.Preferably from the project accumulator, derive the value that is accumulated to described calling circle classification, totally only represent the value that dial-in direct is called out in the project accumulator successively.

Hereinbefore, the explanation of " name charge " is used to describe the charge of calculating for the first time, it may change also before making out the bill to the client and may not change.

The type of call value with accumulative total that proposes in a first aspect of the present invention is mapped to step in the classification accumulator, and available in practice more than one method is finished.It is included in and sets up the information of sign from the name charge of the suitable type of call accumulator of associated call classification in the accumulator of all categories.For example can finish, perhaps finish by the whole name charges in the associated call type accumulator are downloaded in the classification accumulator by the pointer that in accumulator of all categories, loads an associated call type accumulator.

Client's exclusive data can be with providing with client's profile such as the form of reference table or by the saying in the current intelligent network technology.

Embodiments of the invention can be described below:

A kind of processing called out project data so that be created on the method for the client being used the charge data that telecommunication service utilized in making out the bill, comprises the steps:

I) call out project data according to the type of call classification;

Ii) according to its type of call, for each calling project is calculated first charge;

Iii) described first charge of each type of call of accumulative total in the type of call accumulator;

Iv) store client's exclusive data, the type of call of one or more selections that sign is relevant with corresponding client;

V) according to the type of call of described one or more selections, described first charge of further classifying; And

Vi) be that second charge is calculated in first charge that selected type of call is suitable for.

The order that should understand these steps of execution is not necessarily strictly by the order that proposes above.For example when the client had at first selected a cable discount, sometimes step I v) can be carried out in other step front.

Only the present invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings with by way of example, in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 schematically shows and is connected on the interconnection local exchange and the customer terminal equipment in the charge station of center;

Fig. 2 is shown specifically the treatment facility that is arranged in the charge station shown in Fig. 1, wherein comprises a processor;

Fig. 3 illustrates the process that processor is carried out when the computing client account, wherein comprise the calculating of discount;

Fig. 4 represents to be used for the general picture of process of arithmetical discount, wherein comprises the classification value of accumulative total from the type of call accumulator;

Fig. 5 A, 5B, 5C and 5D describe the process of call identifying type in detail;

The type of call value that Fig. 6 detailed description will add up is mapped to the process on the type of call accumulator; And

Fig. 7 is described in detail in the process of the charge behind the aggregated rebates in the classification accumulator.

Be connected the schematic diagram of the customer terminal equipment 15 on the local exchange 16 shown in Fig. 1. Yet should Understand Fig. 1 represented be to carry out therein simplification environment of the present invention. In most of actual environments, the city The words switch will be connected in turn on the toll office, and the main line of delivery head multiplexer channel is successively mutual Connect together. The data acquisition relevant with charge can carry out according to the topology shown in Fig. 1, yet substituting Among the embodiment, pay imformation can be directed to charge station via toll office or via additional charge acquisition system.

Each local exchange comprises storage device 17, is used for gathering and being connected relevant local exchange 16 The relevant data of the calling carried out of client 15.

Call comes calling terminal equipment 15B if the client utilizes terminal device 15A starting, just will mark The data of knowing the telephone number of customer equipment 15B are registered in the storage device 17 of local exchange 16. In addition, also store information such as the charge scope of the relevant customer equipment 15B such as local telephone network, the long-distance or world. And, go back the data of the mode that storaging mark calls out. For example, these data can illustrate that calling out is by at end The upper telephone number of directly dialling terminal device 15B of end equipment 15A carries out. In addition, call out also possibility Under the intervention of manual operator, to start, usually this will cause to calling subscriber 15A than high charge. Also Although might call out with terminal device 15A, be actually the label by terminal device 15C About client carries out with this instrument of rate card, and the charge expense will be rebooted and terminal device 15C The account who is associated rather than the account who is associated with terminal device 15A.

Telephone bill is normally divided quarterly and to be tasked the client, and current trend is just towards from center charge score of the game Send the future development of bill, rather than from assignments such as each single local telephone network exchange or district exchanges. From the central office Assign bill, particularly assign bill, its from the central office of system with perfect rate card easy to use etc. Advantage is might obtain information from a plurality of sources and they are comprehensively advanced single client's the bill. Supposing does not have Necessary generate the bill more than and be added in sophisticated service on the traditional business and on a single bill Offer the client, this point all is significantly favourable from client's viewpoint and network operater viewpoint.

Thereby center charge station each local exchange 16 of 18 customary polls carries out about particular customer with acquisition Use and canned data. For the purpose of this example, suppose that having arrived center charge station 18 is and terminal The client that equipment 15A is associated generates the time of client's bill. May provide it to charge station 18 Required such as these information such as use from the rate card at other station. Now need to be to using terminal device 1 More traditional investigation is carried out once in the call of the normal type that 5A carries out. Thereby, charge station 18 " Poll " memory 17 on the local exchange 16 related with terminal device 15A. Memory 17 sound Answer polling signal, give center charge station 18 with the data supply about terminal device 15A that is stored in wherein.

Significantly, with the viewpoint of network operater perfect signal exchange and safety measure when this information of transmission And can to obtain describing many references of how accomplishing this point be main. Yet in order to prove absolutely Purpose of the present disclosure is thought and is all transmitted from memory 17 for information about, and effectively zero clearing storage Device 17 makes it to restart to record the new use that utilizes terminal device 15A to carry out, as next charge The part of period.

Charge station 18 comprises the processing unit of a plurality of parallel runnings, respectively is configured to generate clients' accounts. Fig. 2 shows Gone out a canonical system of this type that exists in the charge station 18. This system comprises that central authorities process Device 21 is configured to also receive autonomic storage except receiving the client's table from table memory device 23 The data about client's use of equipment 22. Processor 21 also be configured to provide with reception go to from returning The data of shelves memory block 24, and basically be configured to provide print data to print processor 21 to bill Equipment 25.

It is from being configured to receive the use of rate card and long-range the depositing that other perfect charge is used that the client uses information Storage district 26 offers primary data store district 22. Traditional charge is used, and as mentioned above, is by configuration The polling device 27 that becomes to be connected with each local exchange receives from the memory 17 on the local exchange, can Can will use be arranged in the network itself and from the facility of its reception about the use of particular customer. Thereby, one Under the control of individual primal coordination processor, when judgement will generate account list for a specific client, just cause In primary data store district 22, gather the shapes such as mode of calling out with number, duration and the starting of calling out Formula, related with this client data.

Be the control of responder, processor 21 is configured to analyzing stored in primary data store district 22 Data and the data that will supply with successively bill PRN device 25 are provided. According to modern market trend, be not to All clients provide the identical terms and conditions of determining use is converted to the mode of service charging. Thereby, Can provide options for you to choose to the client, and according to their demand to the expection of business use, they can From obtainable options, to make specific selection, determine thus their professional terms and conditions. Moreover, Can provide the options group different from the client of family to corporate client, reflect different operating conditions, lay special stress on Encourage the non-peak period of telecommunications network to use.

Thereby when processing the account of a particular customer, be necessary to load the selected specific options of this client Related data, and these data are to be supplied with by memory block 23 with the form of client's reference table and class declaration . These class declaration definition are applicable to the discount mode that specific system uses. Thereby the present invention has made things convenient for and has exhaled Cry the definition of circle, in calling out circle with one group of customer ID for belonging to a circle, and exhaling of in enclosing, carrying out The charge of crying is lower than the charge of the outer similar calling of carrying out of circle.

Fig. 3 shows relevant with present embodiment, the general picture of some process that processor 21 is performed.Comprise a master control system in these processes, it is responsible for calling specific operating process again successively.Thereby accumulative total charge and the particular routine of carrying out discount are made from master operating system in step 31 and to call.

On step 32 client that will charge is discerned, this allows the specific options of identification again successively and read client's reference table and the class declaration that is associated with this options from table memory block 23.

On step 33, gather the source information of the calling project that is associated with the client who is identified, wherein, as mentioned above, comprise and gather normal type data and collection by the poll local exchange and comprise more special data such as use about rate card.

On step 34, analyze the data relevant so that described data and a kind of specific type of call are interrelated with this project.Realize that the process of this step describes in detail in Fig. 5 A, 5B, 5C and 5D.

Each calling project with after a kind of specific type of call is related, is just calculated charge for projects and is accumulated in each type of call accumulator on step 35.

On step 36, the aggregated rebates charge in the classification accumulator by being accumulated at that value in the charge type accumulator is mapped in the described classification accumulator.Thereby, after the step 36, as calculated discounted charge and be controlled at and turn back to main system on the step 37.

Shown in Figure 4 is the diagrammatic representation of the relation between type of call accumulator and the classification accumulator.On the step 35 of Fig. 3, for projects are calculated the name charge and it is accumulated in separately the type of call accumulator.Thereby, the all-calls charge that type of call accumulator 41 accumulative totals are related with first particular call type, similarly, the type of call accumulator 42 accumulative totals call charge related with second type of call.Yet,, be applicable to that the discount that is accumulated at the value in the type of call accumulator 41 is equally applicable to be accumulated at the value in the type of call accumulator 42 according to selected options.Thereby before calculating discounted charge, the value itself that is accumulated in two type of

call accumulators

41 and 42 is accumulated in the classification accumulator 43.

Moreover according to the defined options of client's reference table, value in the type of call accumulator 44 is sent to classification accumulator 45 and the type of call value that will be accumulated in the type of call accumulator 46 is accumulated in the classification accumulator 47 with being accumulated at.According to this specific options,, do not use it though classification accumulator 48 can be used for other selectable options.

As shown in Figure 4 a kind of specific discount (with reference to 49) is applied to be accumulated on each value in the classification accumulator, after this can utilize described discounted value to produce last bill.In the example shown in Fig. 4, just discounted value is added together with a final output accumulator 50, though in some cases, with the subitem bill that produces under the title separately of classification derivation.

Describe the process that is used to discern the type of call of respectively calling out project that step 34 identified among Fig. 3 among Fig. 5 A, 5B, 5C and the 5D in detail.This process starts on step 71, reads next data element, and whether this element that asks a question on step 72 represents metered call one time.Metered call does not comprise the information that identifies called party client and does not cause a subitem project on the final bill yet.If to the questions answer on the step 72 is sure, confirm that this element representative is not listed as a short time conversation of subitem, then be that Class1 5 and control are directed to step 111 with this component identification.

If the questions answer to step 72 negates that control is directed to this element that asks a question on the step 74 and whether represents the ad hoc network service call one time.The ad hoc network service call is provided in the public switched environment and appears at such as the business on the special equipments such as private branch exchange at large.Thereby, comprise Three-Way Calling, Call Waiting, calling transfer and similar feature in the ad hoc network business, need extra reservation and to they unlikely channel discounts that provides for their.Thereby if be sure to the questions answer of step 74, its meaning is a kind of ad hoc network business of this element representation, just this component identification is directed to step 111 for the type in Class1 6 with control.

If the questions answer to step 74 negates, control is directed to step 76, whether this element that asks a question represents once marine the calling.If to this questions answer is sure, its meaning is called out for the once expensive sea of this element representation, may utilize satellite link, just be Class1 4 and control is directed to step 111 with this call identification.

If the questions answer to step 76 negates, then control is directed to step 78, whether this calling that asks a question is that VAT (value-added tax) exempts.When another client to outside, VAT registration area of starting in the client's of VAT registration country outside calls out, just produce VAT and exempt.Thereby, if be sure to the questions answer of step 78, just this data element is designated expression type of call 1, and control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 78 negates that just ask a question in step 80, whether this calling is the type that called party client is paid all or part of call charge.In Britain, the calling that has prefix " 0800 " is to the called party client charge, and the number that has prefix " 0345 " is then only collected the local telephone network rate to the captaincy, and remainder is supplied by called people.Thereby 0800 call identification is that type of call 10 00345 callings then are designated type of call 11.After this, control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 80 negates, just control is directed to step 82, ask a question thereon, whether this calls out with the normal mode dialing, and this is to say, does not use rate card and does not have operator's intervention.If the questions answer to step 82 is sure, in step 83 another problem is proposed, whether these data represent a local telephone network calling.If to this questions answer is sure, its meaning is that the once normal local telephone network of this data representation is called out, just be type 21 with this call identification and control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 83 negates, its meaning is that the calling of normal dialing is not that local telephone network is called out, then control is directed to step 85, ask a question therein, whether this calling is domestic trunk call, if to this questions answer is sure, its meaning is the normal trunk call of this data representation, and is type 22 with this Data Identification and control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 85 negates, just control is directed to step 87, is normal international call with this call identification therein, and it is placed in the type 23, after this control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 82 negates, its meaning is not represented the calling of normal dialing for these data, and control is directed to step 88 (Fig. 5 B), asks a question therein, and whether this information is about low charge operator call.Think that the operator call has two types: the low charge operator call who when the client attempted the dial-in direct technology and was forced to use the operator, produced, and at first do not attempting to carry out traditional calling, the high charge operator call that the client produces when just directly entrusting the operator.

If the questions answer to step 88 is sure, then ask a question in step 89, whether this data element represents the local telephone network calling, if to this questions answer is sure, its meaning is to have carried out once low charge operator local telephone network to call out, and control is directed to step 90 and call information is designated type 24, after this control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 89 negates, control is directed to step 91, ask a question therein, whether this calling is trunk call.If to this questions answer is sure, identify once low charge operator trunk call, just these call data are designated type 25 and control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 91 negates, identify and carried out once low charge operator international call, control is directed to step 93, and call information is designated type 26, after this control is directed to step 111.

If the answer to the problem in the step 88 negates, just control is directed to step 94, ask a question therein, whether carried out the high charge operator call.If to this questions answer is sure, just control is directed to step 95, ask a question therein, whether carried out the local telephone network calling.If to this questions answer is sure, discern this calling and be the high charge operator call, just call information is designated type 27, after this control is directed to step 111.

Otherwise, if negate, control is directed to step 97 to the questions answer of step 95, ask a question therein, whether this calling is trunk call.If to this questions answer is sure, identifying this calling is high charge operator trunk call, just call data are designated type 28 and control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 97 negates that identifying this calling is high charge operator international call, and control is directed to step 99, and call data are designated type 29 and control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 94 negates, control is directed to step 100 (Fig. 5 C), ask a question therein, whether this calling is that the dial-in direct rate card is called out.If to this questions answer is sure, just ask a question in step 101, whether this calling is local telephone network, if to this questions answer is sure, identify this calling and call out, just call information is designated type of call 30 and control is directed to step 111 for local telephone network dial-in direct rate card.

If the questions answer to step 101 negates, control is directed to step 103, ask a question therein, whether this calling is trunk call.If to this questions answer is sure, identifies this calling and call out, just call information is designated type of call 31 and control is directed to step 111 for long-distance dial-in direct rate card.

Otherwise, if negate, identify this calling and call out for the international direct dial rate card to the questions answer of step 103, control is directed to step 105 and call information is designated type of call 35, after this control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 100 negates, remaining unique may be that this calling is carried out with rate card and by the operator.Thereby, ask a question in step 106, whether this calling is local telephone network, if be sure to this questions answer, identify this calling and calls out for local telephone network operator rate card, just call information is designated type 32 and control is directed to step 111.

If the questions answer to step 106 negates, control is directed to step 108, ask a question therein, whether this calling is trunk call.If to this questions answer is sure, control is directed to step 109, identify this calling and be designated type of call 33 for the calling of toll operator's rate card and with call information.

If the questions answer to step 108 negates, control is directed to step 110, identify this calling and call out for international operator's rate card and call information is designated type of call 34, after this control is directed to step 111.

Ask a question in step 111, whether this client has the circle of calling.One is called out circle is a kind of specific discount tool types, and wherein one group of client thinks mutually in a calling circle.Calling out circle is to be used for encouraging to increase a kind of market instrument that phone uses, and particularly carries out social activity between the kinsfolk and call out on fixing basis.Call out the circle calling and can be confined to specific type, for example only can be applicable to direct dialing calls out in the calling that upward can not be applied in operator's foundation, therefore if the questions answer to step 111 is sure, just ask a question, method of calling as call out circle call out comprise to come in whether qualified.

If the questions answer to step 112 is sure, just ask a question in step 113, whether the number that the client dialled is in calling out circle.If the questions answer that step 113 is proposed is sure, control is directed to step 114, therein by adding that on original type 100 are designated a kind of new type.Thereby, for example in step 84 with manual dialup local telephone network call identification for belonging to type of call 21.If this calling also is qualified for comprising in the calling circle, be type of call 121 then at a kind of new type of call of step 114 sign.

After step 114 is set up a kind of new type of call, control is directed to step 115.If to step 111,112, and 113 in any questions answer of any step all negate also control to be directed to step 115.

Prefix table of search judges whether called number comprises a prefix that is present in the prefix table in step 115.The prefix of store insurance rate business in the prefix table, they are not usually in the scope of any discount scheme.

Ask a question in step 116, whether the prefix of this calling appears in the prefix table.If the questions answer to step 116 is sure, just from prefix table, read a kind of new type of call, after this ask a question in step 118 in step 117, whether there is another project to handle.

If the questions answer to step 116 negates, the questions answer if control is directed to step 118 to step 118 is sure, then control is directed to step 71 so that repeat said process.When handling all unit, will negate control to be directed to the step 35 of Fig. 3 to the questions answer of step 118.

As mentioned above, projects signs for belonging to after the specific type of call, just is accumulated at the name charge of these projects in the type accumulator separately.Fig. 6 describes the process that step 35 identified of Fig. 3 in detail.

With the zero clearing of type of call accumulator, eliminate value in step 161 whereby for the customer data accumulative total of previous processed.

Read about the next item down destination data in step 162, follow the process back of carrying out, will have number association with it of a type of call in step 34.Thereby, at the type of call of step 163 identification specific project number, and the name charge of calculating this particular call type in step 164.Thereby, the charge that does not have any discount scheme that this name charge expression is carried out the client.

In step 65, the charge that step 64 is calculated is added on the value in the type of call accumulator that is stored in separately, and asks a question in step 166, whether has another project.

If the questions answer to step 166 is sure, control turns back to step 162 and goes to handle next project, whereby another name charge is added on the suitable type accumulator.Finally, to the questions answer of step 166 will negate, and control will be directed to step 36.

Thereby after having finished the process that is identified among Fig. 6, numerical value will be accumulated among Fig. 4 in the type of call accumulator with 41,42,44 and 46 references.According to the process that step 36 identified, next stage relates to the value that will be stored in the type of call accumulator and sends the classification accumulator to.Fig. 7 describes the process that step 36 identified of Fig. 3 in detail.

In step 171, identification client's options, and load by the classification of this options definition reference table together with the client in step 172.

Consider next classification in step 173, it the first time circulation time will be first category and identify the type of call related with this classification.Thereby, referring to Fig. 4,, will select classification 43 at the circulation time first time, this is according to client's reference table identifying type of

call accumulator

41 and 42 successively again.In step 174, the type of call charge of the type of call accumulator of sign is added on the classification charge sum.Referring to the example shown in Fig. 4, after step 173 identified type of

call accumulator

41 and 42, the value that just will be stored in wherein was added in the classification accumulator 43 again.

Ask a question in step 175, whether have another classification, and answering for certainly the time, control turns back to step 173.Thereby again referring to the example shown in Fig. 4, at the circulation time second time, next classification will be a classification 45, and the charge that the result will be accumulated in the type of call accumulator 44 is accumulated in the classification accumulator 45.

Finally, to the questions answer of step 175 will negate, this causes asking a question in step 176, whether has handled all type of calls.The mapping of whole type of calls might client's reference table be provided.As a result, add together at step 177 type of call aggregate-values that all are remaining and consider as " other charge ".

Carry out discount calculating in the step 178 pair value that is accumulated in the accumulator of all categories, this can be with reference to 49 among Fig. 4 with diagrammatic representation.These discounted values just provide final data, client's bill just based on.

The method of with the bill that the client finally is provided of handling these discounted values of all categories has exceeded scope of the present invention subsequently.Other routine in the available overall main system of the conversion of discounted value is determined, therefore, is controlled at after the step 178 and turns back to main system on the step 37.

In the embodiment of the invention described above of reference Fig. 4, the content of each type of call accumulator 41 only sends one of classification accumulator to as can be seen.This has the effect that can only apply an a kind of cable discount to each type of call.Though this is a kind of advantage in the Britain that doubling is buckled with regulations restrict, allowing has the embodiments of the invention of multiple discount also should think to fall within the scope of the invention on a kind of type of call.Thereby, the content of a type of call accumulator can be read in the more than one classification accumulator and also suitably be handled.

Claims

1, a kind of is method from telecommunication service charge generation charge detailed catalogue to the client that use, has wherein worked out the detailed catalogue of a client's calling project, it is characterized in that:

Define multiple type of call (73,75,77);

With each described calling project label for belonging to one of described type of call (34);

For each calling project is calculated a name charge (164);

The described name charge of each type of call is added up (165) in type of call accumulator (41,42);

The definition type of call, wherein at least a described type of call has related with it discount rate; And

The type of call value that will be stored in the accumulative total in the described type of call accumulator (41,42) according to client's exclusive data is mapped in the classification accumulator (43,45).

2, according to the process of claim 1 wherein the mode that project label is called out of calling out.

3, according to the process of claim 1 wherein the charge scope that project label is called out of calling out.

4, call out the project label duration according to the process of claim 1 wherein.

5,,, and projects are identified to belonging to a particular call type wherein by analyzing it and call out relevant data and distribute to its type of call identification number according to any one method in the claim 1 to 4.

6, according to any one method in the claim 1 to 5, wherein at least one type of call accumulator (43) receives the value that is provided by at least two type of call accumulators (41,42).

7, according to any one method in the claim 1 to 6, wherein client's exclusive data reflects one group of available professional terms and conditions, and selects a table according to the selected service selection item of client.

8,, wherein a kind ofly call out the call that the circle classification carried out the predetermined phone numbers group and carry out discount according to any one method in the claim 1 to 7.

9, according to the method for claim 8, the value that wherein is accumulated on the described calling circle classification is to derive from the data items that the expression direct dialing is called out.

10, according to any one method in the claim 1 to 9, wherein whether represent a specific type of call and repeat this process up to identifying its type of call, belong to a specific type of call and call data are designated by inquiry (72) these data.

11, a kind of processing called out project data so that generate and feed to the user and use the make out the bill method of charge data of usefulness of telecommunication service, comprises the steps:

I) call out project data according to the type of call classification;

Ii) calculate first charge of the project of respectively calling out according to its type of call;

Iv) the storage data relevant with the client identify the type of call with one or more selections that the client is relevant accordingly;

12, according to the method for claim 11, step V wherein) comprise whole type of call accumulators that each type of call of identification is suitable for, and add up in the type of call accumulator that will respectively identify first charge and be sent in the data storage or data structure of distributing to the respective call classification.

13, according to any one method in claim 11 or 12, also comprise the steps:

The facility of making out the bill is exported in second charge of vii) step vi) being calculated.

14, be used for the client is used the device of telecommunications network charge, comprise

The device (17,18) of a data project of storage is called out in each time that is used to described client to make; It is characterized in that

Table storage device (23) is used to store the data relevant with the options of charging;

Processing unit (21) is used in conjunction with options data processing project data; And bill printing equipment (25), be used to print the billing data that described processing unit (21) generates,

Described processing unit comprises the device that is used for following purpose:

Define multiple type of call (73,75,77);

For each calling project is calculated name charge (164);

The described name charge accumulative total (165) of each type of call is arrived in the type of call accumulator (41,42);

The definition type of call, wherein at least a described type of call has related with it a kind of discount rate; And

To be mapped in the classification accumulator (43,45) from the accumulative total type of call value of described type of call accumulator (41,42) according to client's exclusive data.

15,, be configured to move according to any one method in the claim 2 to 13 according to the device of claim 14.